Somnath Bharti booked in domestic violence case

New Delhi: Delhi Police on Thursday booked AAP legislator Somnath Bharti on charges of domestic violence months after his wife Lipika Mitra filed a complaint against him alleging domestic abuse.

The former law minister has been named in a First Information Report (FIR) filed under several sections of the Indian Penal code (IPC), including domestic violence, at Dwarka North police station in west Delhi.

Police said they filed the FIR following the June 10 complaint of Bharti’s wife Lipika Mitra.

“It was alleged by Mitra that Bharti has been abusing her ever since their marriage in 2010. She had also claimed that Bharti beat and tortured her and even tried to kill her once,” said a police official.